List of Uncle Remus characters
This is a list of recurring and/or significant fictional characters in the Uncle Remus books and those in one way or another connected to Br'er Rabbit and his plantation and forest entourage, with a preference for actual narrators in the books outside of the Uncle Remus series. Uncle Remus himself, and a couple of boys to whom he tells the tales, appear as framing devices and narrators in all the stories (tales, poems and songs in The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus included), except the ones in On the Plantation, Evening Tales and the novels in the Abercrombie family series. The boy from the canonical series of books, that is the unnamed son of Miss Sally, is often addressed by Uncle Remus throughout the narrations.
Characters
Name |
Character |
Stories in which the character plays a role
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Brer Rabbit |
a trickster who succeeds by his speed and wits rather than by brawn |
Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy/ The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story/ How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox (sequel to The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story)/ Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox/ Mr. Fox Is Again Victimized/ Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit/ Mr. Terrapin Appears Upon the Scene/ Mr. Wolf Makes a Failure/ The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf/ Mr. Fox Goes a-Hunting, but Mr. Rabbit Bags the Game/ Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman/ Mr. Rabbit Nibbles Up the Butter/ Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match at Last/ The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow/ How Mr. Rabbit Saved His Meat/ Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again/ A Story About the Little Rabbits/ Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear/ How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Fine Bushy Tail/ Mr. Terrapin Shows His Strength/ The End of Mr. Bear/ Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business/ How Mr. Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust/ The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox/ Mr. Fox & Miss Goose/ Brother Fox Catches Mr. Horse/ Brother Rabbit & the Little Girl/ Brother Rabbit's Astonishing Prank/ Brother Rabbit Secures a Mansion/ Brother Rabbit's Riddle/ Brother Rabbit Breaks Up a Party/ Brother Fox, Brother Rabbit, & King Deer's Daughter/ How Brother Fox Failed to Get His Grapes/ The Moon in the Mill-Pond/ Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise/ Why Brother Bear Has No Tail/ How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors/ Mr. Man Has Some Meat/ How Brother Rabbit Got the Meat/ Why the Alligator's Back Is Rough/ Brother Wolf Says Grace/ Brother Rabbit and His Famous Foot/ In Some Lady's Garden/ Brother 'Possum Gets in Trouble/ Brother Rabbit's Love Charm/ Brother Rabbit Submits to a Test/ Brother Wolf Falls a Victim/ Brother Rabbit & the Mosquitoes/ The Pimmerly Plum/ Brother Rabbit Gets the Provisions/ Cutta Cord-La!/ Aunt Tempy's Story/ The Fire-Test/ How Brother Fox Was Too Smart/ Brother Wolf Gets in a Warm Place/ Brother Wolf Still in Trouble/ Brother Rabbit Lays In His Beef Supply/ Brother Rabbit & Mr. Wildcat/ Brother Rabbit Pretends to Be Poisoned/ More Trouble for Brother Wolf/ Brother Rabbit Outdoes Mr. Man/ Brother Rabbit Takes a Walk/ Old Grinny Granny Wolf/ How Wattle Weasel Was Caught/ Brother Rabbit Ties Mr. Lion/ Mr. Lion's Sad Predicament/ The Origin of the Ocean/ Brother Rabbit Gets Brother Fox's Dinner/ Why Mr. Dog Runs Brother Rabbit/ Brother Wolf & the Horned Cattle/ Brother Fox & the White Muscadines/ Mr. Hawk & Brother Rabbit/ Brother Fox Makes a Narrow Escape/ Brother Fox's Fish-Trap/ Brother Rabbit Rescues Brother Terrapin/ Crazy Sue's Story/ How Black Snake Caught the Wolf/ How the Terrapin Was Taught to Fly/ Brother Rabbit & the Gingercakes/ Brother Rabbit's Courtship/ [Brer Rabbit an' de Overcoat][1]/ A French Tar-Baby[2]/ Brother Bear and the Honey Orchard/ Brother Rabbit Has Fun at the Ferry/ Why Brother Wolf Did n't Eat the Little Rabbits/ Mrs. Partridge Has a Fit/ Brother Fox "Smells Smoke"/ Brother Fox Still in Trouble/ Why Brother Fox's Legs Are Black/ Brother Rabbit Frightens Brother Tiger/ Brother Rabbit's Money Mint/ Brother Rabbit Conquers Brother Lion/ Heyo, House!/ Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his Queer Country novel (in the frame-story as an aged Brer Rabbit, but he's younger in the stories-within-the stories)/ The Strongest — Who? or Which?[3]/ The Ladder of Lions[4] (sequel to Mr. Lion Hunts for Mr. Man)/ Brother Terrapin's Fiddle-String[5]/ Mr. Rabbit as a Rain-Maker[6]/ How Brother Bear's Hair was Combed[7]/ Mr. Rabbit at Home novel (in the frame-story as an aged Brer Rabbit, but he's younger in the stories-within-the stories)/ Brother Wolf's Two Big Dinners[8]/ How Brother Lion Lost His Wool[9]/ Brother Lion Has a Spell of Sickness[10] (sequel to How Brother Lion Lost His Wool)/ Brer Rabbit and the Goobers[11]/ The Diamond Mine[12]/ Brother Rabbit and the Bee[13]/ Brer Rabbit and the Tar-Baby[14] (rhyming version of The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story and How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox)/ De 'Gater and de Rabbit Gizzard[15] (sequel to Why the Alligator's Back Is Rough, rhyming version of the later Brother Rabbit and the Gizzard-Eater)/ A Wishing Song[16]/ Why the Frog Has No Tail[17] (rhyming version of the later Brother Rabbit and Brother Bull-Frog)/ How Wiley Wolf Rode in the Bag/ Brother Rabbit's Laughing Place/ Brother Rabbit & the Chickens/ Little Mister Cricket & the Other Creatures/ When Brother Rabbit Was King/ How Old Craney-Crow Lost His Head/ Brother Fox Follows the Fashion/ Why the Turkey Buzzard is Bald-Headed/ Brother Deer & King Sun's Daughter/ Brother Rabbit's Cradle/ Brother Rabbit and Brother Bull-Frog (prose version of Why the Frog Has No Tail)/ Brother Rabbit & the Gizzard-Eater/ Brother Rabbit & Miss Nancy/ The Creeturs Go to the Barbecue/ Brer Rabbit's Frolic/ Brer Rabbit Treats the Creeturs to a Race/ Brer Rabbit & the Gold Mine/ How Mr. Lion Lost His Wool/ The Story of the Doodang/ Brer Rabbit Has Trouble with the Moon/ Brer Rabbit Causes Brer Fox to Lose His Hide/ How Brer Rabbit Saved Brer B'ar's Life/ The Story of Teenchy-Tiny Duck/ The Story of Brer Fox & Little Mr. Cricket/ Brother Rabbit's Bear Hunt/ Taily-po/ Brother Rabbit, Brother Fox, & Two Fat Pullets/ How Brother Rabbit Brought Family Trouble on Brother Fox/ Brother Rabbit's Barbecue/ How Brother Bear Exposed Brother Rabbit at the Barbecue/ Brother Rabbit Doesn't Go to See Aunt Nancy
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Br'er Fox |
Brer Rabbit's most common nemesis; considers himself the smartest animal despite being duped continuously |
Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy/ The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story/ How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox (sequel to The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story)/ Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox/ Mr. Fox Is Again Victimized/ Mr. Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Buzzard/ Mr. Terrapin Appears upon the Scene/ Mr. Wolf Makes a Failure/ Mr. Fox Tackles Old Man Tarrypin/ Mr. Fox & the Deceitful Frogs/ Mr. Fox Goes a-Hunting, but Mr. Rabbit Bags the Game/ Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman/ Mr. Rabbit Nibbles Up the Butter/ The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow/ A Story About the Little Rabbits/ Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear/ How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Fine Bushy Tail/ Mr. Terrapin Shows His Strength/ Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business/ The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox/ Mr. Fox & Miss Goose/ Brother Fox Catches Mr. Horse/ How Brother Fox Was Too Smart/ Brother Rabbit's Astonishing Prank/ Brother Rabbit's Riddle/ Brother Rabbit Breaks Up a Party/ Brother Fox, Brother Rabbit, & King Deer's Daughter/ Brother Fox Covets the Quills/ How Brother Fox Failed to Get His Grapes/ Mr. Fox Figures As an Incendiary/ A Dream & a Story/ The Moon in the Mill-Pond/ Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise/ How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors/ Mr. Man Has Some Meat/ How Brother Rabbit Got the Meat/ In Some Lady's Garden/ The Pimmerly Plum/ Aunt Tempy's Story/ How Brother Fox Was Too Smart/ Brother Rabbit Lays In His Beef Supply/ Mr. Benjamin Ram Defends Himself/ Brother Rabbit Gets Brother Fox's Dinner/ Brother Fox & the White Muscadines/ Brother Fox Makes a Narrow Escape/ Brother Fox's Fish-Trap/ Brother Rabbit Rescues Brother Terrapin/ Why the Guineas Stay Awake/ Why Brother Wolf Did n't Eat the Little Rabbits/ Brother Fox "Smells Smoke"/ Brother Fox Still in Trouble/ Why Brother Fox's Legs Are Black/ Brother Rabbit's Money Mint/ Brother Mud Turtle's Trickery/ [Brer Rabbit an' de Overcoat][18]/ Mr. Rabbit as a Rain-Maker[19]/ Brother Wolf's Two Big Dinners[20]/ Brother Lion Has a Spell of Sickness[21] (sequel to How Brother Lion Lost His Wool)/ Brer Rabbit and the Goobers[22]/ The Diamond Mine[23]/ Brother Rabbit and the Bee[24]/ Brer Rabbit and the Tar-Baby[25] (rhyming version of The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story and How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox)/ A Wishing Song[26]/ Brother Rabbit's Laughing Place/ Brother Rabbit & the Chickens/ Brother Fox Follows the Fashion/ Brer Rabbit Treats the Creeturs to a Race/ Brer Rabbit Causes Brer Fox to Lose His Hide/ The Story of Brer Fox & Little Mr. Cricket/ Brother Rabbit's Bear Hunt/ Brother Rabbit, Brother Fox, & Two Fat Pullets/ How Brother Rabbit Brought Family Trouble on Brother Fox
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Br'er Wolf, known as Dock Wolf in one story |
Brer Rabbit's second-most common antagonist; considers himself the most vicious of the animals |
Mr. Wolf Makes a Failure/ The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf/ How Mr. Rabbit Saved His Meat/ Mr. Terrapin Shows His Strength/ Brother Rabbit's Astonishing Prank/ The Story of the Pigs/ Mr. Benjamin Ram & His Wonderful Fiddle/ A Dream & a Story/ The Moon in the Mill-Pond/ Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise/ How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors/ Brother Wolf Says Grace/ Brother Rabbit and His Famous Foot/ Brother Wolf Falls a Victim/ Brother Rabbit & the Mosquitoes/ Brother Rabbit Gets the Provisions/ Cutta Cord-La!/ The Fire-Test/ Brother Wolf Gets in a Warm Place/ Brother Wolf Still in Trouble/ Mr. Benjamin Ram Defends Himself/ Brother Rabbit Pretends to Be Poisoned/ More Trouble for Brother Wolf/ Old Grinny Granny Wolf/ Brother Wolf & the Horned Cattle/ Brother Fox Makes a Narrow Escape/ How Black Snake Caught the Wolf/ The Creature with No Claws/ Why Brother Wolf Did n't Eat the Little Rabbits/ Brother Billy Goat Eats His Dinner/ Heyo, House!/ [Brer Rabbit an' de Overcoat][27]/ Why Mr. Billy Goat's Tail is Short[28]/ Mr. Rabbit as a Rain-Maker[29]/ Brother Wolf's Two Big Dinners[30]/ The Diamond Mine[31]/ Brer Rabbit and the Tar-Baby[32] (rhyming version of The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story and How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox)/ How Wiley Wolf Rode in the Bag/ How Old Craney-Crow Lost His Head/ Brother Rabbit's Cradle/ Why Mr. Dog is Tame/ Brer Rabbit Treats the Creeturs to a Race/ Brer Rabbit & the Gold Mine/ Brother Rabbit's Bear Hunt/ Mr. Goat's Short Tail
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Brer Tarrypin |
a friend of Brer Rabbit who joins him in his mischief and even outdoes him at times |
Mr. Terrapin Appears upon the Scene/ Mr. Fox Tackles Old Man Tarrypin/ Mr. Fox & the Deceitful Frogs/ Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match at Last/ Mr. Terrapin Shows His Strength/ Brother Terrapin Deceives Brother Buzzard/ Brother Fox Covets the Quills/ Mr. Fox Figures As an Incendiary/ The Moon in the Mill-Pond/ Why Brother Bear Has No Tail/ The Pimmerly Plum/ The Fire-Test/ Brother Wolf Gets in a Warm Place/ Brother Wolf Still in Trouble/ Old Brother Terrapin Gets Some Fish/ Brother Rabbit Rescues Brother Terrapin/ How the Terrapin Was Taught to Fly/ Brother Terrapin's Fiddle-String[33]/ How Brer Tarrypin Learned to Fly[34] (rhyming version of How the Terrapin Was Taught to Fly)
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Br'er Bear, often referred to as Jedge Bear (however in "Brother Rabbit and His Famous Foot" Br'er Bear and Jedge Bear are both mentioned and treated as two different characters) |
considers himself the strongest of the animals; frequently duped by smaller creatures, but at least once called upon to serve as a judge |
Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear/ Mr. Bear Catches Old Mr. Bull-Frog/ Mr. Terrapin Shows His Strength/ Why Mr. Possum Has No Hair on His Tail/ The End of Mr. Bear/ Brother Rabbit's Astonishing Prank/ Brother Rabbit's Riddle/ Brother Rabbit Breaks Up a Party/ The Moon in the Mill-Pond/ Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise/ Why Brother Bear Has No Tail/ How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors/ Brother Rabbit and His Famous Foot (both Br'er Bear and Jedge Bear)/ Brother Rabbit Takes a Walk/ Brother Bear & the Honey Orchard/ Brother Rabbit Has Fun at the Ferry/ Brother Bear's Big House/ Mr. Rabbit as a Rain-Maker[35]/ How Brother Bear's Hair was Combed[36]/ Brother Wolf's Two Big Dinners[37]/ Why the Bear is a Wrestler[38]/ Brer Rabbit Treats the Creeturs to a Race/ How Brer Rabbit Saved Brer B'ar's Life/ Brother Rabbit's Bear Hunt/ De 'Gater and de Rabbit Gizzard[39] (sequel to Why the Alligator's Back Is Rough, rhyming version of the later Brother Rabbit and the Gizzard-Eater)/How Brother Bear Exposed Brother Rabbit at the Barbecue/ Brother Bear Learns to Comb His Head/ Why the Bear is a Wrestler
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Aunt Tempy, referred to by Uncle Remus as Sis Tempy |
a mammy housekeeper of equal authority with Uncle Remus who is elected to accompany the boy on his visits to Uncle Remus when the boy's mother worries about the influence of the visiting Daddy Jack; Aunt Tempy is proud and brusque but good-humored at heart, and is later thrilled to be included as a storyteller in Remus' cabin |
Brother Wolf Says Grace/ Spirits, Seen & Unseen/ A Ghost Story/ In Some Lady's Garden/ Brother Rabbit's Love Charm/ Brother Rabbit Gets the Provisions/ Aunt Tempy's Story/ The Cunning Snake/ Brother Rabbit Pretends to Be Poisoned/ More Trouble for Brother Wolf/ Old Grinny Granny Wolf/ Why Mr. Dog Runs Brother Rabbit/ Brother Wolf & the Horned Cattle/ Mr. Hawk & Brother Buzzard/ The Night Before Christmas
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Mr. Buzzard |
an opportunist who would happily eat any of the other animals but is admired for his ability to fly |
Mr. Fox Is Again Victimized/ Mr. Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Buzzard/ Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match at Last/ Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again/ Brother Terrapin Deceives Brother Buzzard/ A Singing-Match[40]/ How Brer Tarrypin Learned to Fly[41] (rhyming version of How the Terrapin Was Taught to Fly)/ A Dream & a Story/ Brother Rabbit Lays In His Beef Supply/ Mr. Hawk & Brother Buzzard/ How the Terrapin Was Taught to Fly/ The Story of the Doodang/ Mr. Crow & Brother Buzzard
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Mister Man, referred to by Daddy Jack as Buckra Man (i.e. white man) |
a human antagonist of all the animals except Mr. Dog |
The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox/ Brother Rabbit & the Little Girl/ How Brother Fox Was Too Smart/ Mr. Lion Hunts for Mr. Man/ Mr. Man Has Some Meat/ How Brother Rabbit Got the Meat/ In Some Lady's Garden/ Brother 'Possum Gets in Trouble/ Brother Rabbit Outdoes Mr. Man/ Mr. Lion's Sad Predicament/ Brother Rabbit & the Chickens/ Brother Rabbit's Cradle/ Why Mr. Dog is Tame/ The Ladder of Lions[42] (sequel to Mr. Lion Hunts for Mr. Man)/ How Brother Lion Lost His Wool[43]/ The Rabbit and the Moon[44]/ Brother Rabbit & Miss Nancy/ The Creeturs Go to the Barbecue/ How Mr. Lion Lost His Wool/ Brer Rabbit Has Trouble with the Moon/ Taily-po
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Tildy |
a flighty maid who joins in listening to Uncle Remus' tales despite his animosity toward her; Tildy eventually endears herself and is even allowed to tell tales of her own |
How Mr. Rooster Lost His Dinner/ Brother Rabbit Breaks Up a Party/ Brother Fox, Brother Rabbit, & King Deer's Daughter/ Brother Terrapin Deceives Brother Buzzard/ African Jack/ Why the Alligator's Back Is Rough/ A Ghost Story/ Brother Rabbit's Love Charm/ Brother Rabbit Pretends to Be Poisoned/ Brother Wolf & the Horned Cattle/ Mr. Hawk & Brother Buzzard/ Mr. Hawk & Brother Rabbit/ The Night Before Christmas
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Brer Bull-Frog |
convinces other animals to fall into the pond by promising things like "Knee-deep! Knee-deep!" in his croaking cadence; dresses exquisitely in a soldier's hat with green and white speckles, a long green coat, satin breeches, a white silk waistcoat, shoes with silver buckles, and a green umbrella |
Mr. Fox & the Deceitful Frogs/ Mr. Bear Catches Old Mr. Bull-Frog/ Why the Frog Has No Tail[45] (rhyming version of the later Brother Rabbit and Brother Bull-Frog)/ Brother Rabbit and Brother Bull-Frog (prose version of Why the Frog Has No Tail)
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Mr. Lion, sometimes referred to as King Lion |
ruler of the other creatures although he is killed by Miss Cow in one story and fooled by Brer Rabbit & Mr. Cricket more than once |
Mr. Lion Hunts for Mr. Man/ Why the Guinea-Fowls Are Speckled/ Brother Rabbit Ties Mr. Lion/ Mr. Lion's Sad Predicament/ The Origin of the Ocean/ Brother Rabbit Conquers Brother Lion/ The Ladder of Lions[46] (sequel to Mr. Lion Hunts for Mr. Man)/ How Brother Lion Lost His Wool[47]/ Brother Lion Has a Spell of Sickness[48] (sequel to How Brother Lion Lost His Wool)/ Little Mister Cricket & the Other Creatures/ When Brother Rabbit Was King/ How Mr. Lion Lost His Wool/ Brer Rabbit Causes Brer Fox to Lose His Hide
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Daddy Jack |
a very old man who was born in Africa and is considered by some to be a sorcerer; a friend of Uncle Remus and a suitor of Tildy |
African Jack/ Why the Alligator's Back Is Rough/ Spirits, Seen & Unseen/ A Ghost Story/ In Some Lady's Garden/ Brother 'Possum Gets in Trouble/ Brother Rabbit's Love Charm/ Cutta Cord-La!/ The Cunning Snake/ Old Grinny Granny Wolf/ Mr. Lion's Sad Predicament/ The Wise Bird & the Foolish Bird/ The Night Before Christmas
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Miss Meadows |
leading figure of a group of human women who admire Brer Rabbit's tricks on the other animals |
Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox/ Mr. Terrapin Shows His Strength/ How Mr. Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust/ Mr. Benjamin Ram & His Wonderful Fiddle/ How Brother Fox Failed to Get His Grapes/ The Moon in the Mill-Pond/ Brother Rabbit's Courtship/ Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country novel (in the frame-story as an aged Miss — now Mrs. — Meadows)/ Mr. Rabbit at Home novel (in the frame-story as an aged Miss — now Mrs. — Meadows)/ Brer Rabbit's Frolic
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Br'er Possum |
often a scapegoat for Brer Rabbit's misdeeds |
Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace/ Mr. Rabbit Nibbles Up the Butter/ Why Mr. Possum Has No Hair on His Tail/ Brother 'Possum Gets in Trouble/ Brer Rabbit Treats the Creeturs to a Race
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Br'er Coon |
a fighter who looks down on Brer Possum for playing dead; he is assisted by Brer Rabbit in killing some frogs |
Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace/ Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise/ [Untitled story] inside Views on the African Exodus[49]/ Mr. Rabbit as a Rain-Maker[50]/ Crazy Sue's Story/ Brother Rabbit & the Gingercakes/ Brer Rabbit Treats the Creeturs to a Race
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Mr. Dog |
becomes domesticated, getting him fed regularly but putting him at enmity with the other animals |
Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace/ Mr. Fox & Miss Goose/ Why Mr. Dog Runs Brother Rabbit/ Why Mr. Billy Goat's Tail is Short[51]/ When Brother Rabbit Was King/ Why Mr. Dog is Tame/ Mr. Goat's Short Tail
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Miss Fox |
Br'er Fox's wife; falls prey to some of Brer Rabbit's most disgusting tricks, usually involving her unknowing cannibalism or murder of her husband |
The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox/ Brother Fox Covets the Quills/ Aunt Tempy's Story/ Brother Fox Follows the Fashion/ Brother Rabbit, Brother Fox, & Two Fat Pullets
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Kubs & Klibs, known as Simon & Sue in a later story |
Miss B'ar's children |
Brother Rabbit's Astonishing Prank/ Brother Bear's Big House/ a pair of sibling bears also appear in Daddy Jack's tale How The Bear Nursed the Little Alligator, although they are unnamed
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Cousin Wildcat |
also called Mr. Wildcat, he's one of the most deadly creatures; Brer Rabbit tricks an unwitting Brer Fox to attack Cousin Wildcat and later avoids revenge from Cousin Wildcat; Mr. Wildcat he convinces a foreign bird in the swamp to have its head blown off |
How Brother Fox Was Too Smart/ Brother Rabbit & Mr. Wildcat/ The Creature with No Claws/ [Untitled story] inside Aaron in the Wildwoods[52]/
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Brer Elephen |
considers himself the strongest of the creatures- not aggressive, but can be dangerous due to his size |
The Story of the Deluge, & How it Came About/ Brother Rabbit Frightens Brother Tiger/ Little Mister Cricket & the Other Creatures
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Miss Cow |
an imposing matriarch who can only be unsettled by the antics of Brer Rabbit |
Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit/ Brother Rabbit's Astonishing Prank/ Why the Guinea-Fowls Are Speckled/ A Wishing Song[53]
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Miss Tarrypin |
Brer Tarrypin's wife who helps him fool Brer Rabbit in a race |
Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match at Last
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Miss Wolf |
Br'er Wolf's wife and accomplice; has a daughter which Brer Rabbit aims to marry in one story |
How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors/ Mr. Benjamin Ram & His Wonderful Fiddle/ Brother Rabbit and His Famous Foot/ Brother Rabbit & the Mosquitoes
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Mr. Rooster |
an avian snob who considers himself above the food of other birds |
How Mr. Rooster Lost His Dinner/ Why the Hawk Catches Chickens
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King Deer |
a wealthy landowner with an attractive heiress and a herd of goats |
Brother Fox, Brother Rabbit, & King Deer's Daughter
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Br'er Alligater, referred to as Br'er Gater by Daddy Jack |
an enemy of Brer Rabbit, who made B'er 'Gater's skin rough and thick by tricking him into a fiery field |
Why the Alligator's Back Is Rough/ De 'Gater and de Rabbit Gizzard[54] (sequel to Why the Alligator's Back Is Rough, rhyming version of the later Brother Rabbit and the Gizzard-Eater)/ Brother Rabbit and the Gizzard-Eater (sequel to Why the Alligator's Back Is Rough, prose version of De 'Gater and de Rabbit Gizzard)
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Mr. Mud Turkle |
a friend and accomplice of Brer Rabbit whose exploits, like those of Brer Tarrypin, often involve his shell |
Why Brother Bear Has No Tail/ Brother Mud Turtle's Trickery
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Aunt Mammy-Bammy Big-Money |
Brer Rabbit's mother, a Rabbit-Witch who gives him supernatural help |
Brother Rabbit and His Famous Foot/ Brother Rabbit Submits to a Test/ Brother Wolf Falls a Victim/ Brother Lion Has a Spell of Sickness[55] (sequel to How Brother Lion Lost His Wool, here the character appears in a Brer Rabbit's flashback totally invented by him)/ The Diamond Mine (as Brer Rabbit's great-grandmother)[56]
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Missy 'Gator |
loses her children to a hungry bear cub which she employs to watch over them |
How the Bear Nursed the Little Alligator
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Mr. Bull |
oversees a convention of horned cattle which Brer Wolf attempts to infiltrate; later transforms himself into a human to attempt to marry a woman |
Brother Wolf & the Horned Cattle/ Why Brother Bull Growls & Grumbles
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Mr. Hawk |
a bird of prey who is fooled by Brer Rabbit and eventually eaten by Brer Buzzard when the Hawk impales himself on a fencepost by mistake |
Mr. Hawk & Brother Buzzard/ Mr. Hawk & Brother Rabbit/ Why the Hawk Catches Chickens
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Mr. Black Snake |
stores food in a magical burrow to last him through a famine |
How Black Snake Caught the Wolf
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Br'er Polecat |
a bossy and imperious character who tries to take things that aren't his |
The Rattlesnake & the Polecat/ [Untitled story] inside Views on the African Exodus[57]/ Brother Rabbit & the Gingercakes/ Brother Bear's Big House
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Br'er Rattlesnake |
locks out Brer Polecat when the Polecat attempts to invade his house |
The Rattlesnake & the Polecat
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Br'er Tiger |
considers himself the prettiest and most vicious of the creatures |
Brother Rabbit Frightens Brother Tiger/ Why the Bear is a Wrestler[58]/ Little Mister Cricket & the Other Creatures
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Br'er Billy Goat |
lies his way out of a dangerous situation, much the same as Brer Rabbit or Brer Tarrypin |
Brother Billy Goat Eats His Dinner/ A French Tar-Baby[59] (named Brother Goat in the story, is called Brother Billy Goat in the Introduction[60])/ Why Mr. Billy Goat's Tail is Short[61]
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Sis Swamp Owl |
said to create hurricanes by flapping her wings deep in a swamp |
Where the Harrycane Comes From/ The Most Beautiful Bird in the World
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Mr. Owl |
often in tales explaining the origin of his verse |
The Story of the Owl[62]
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Grandaddy Cricket, also known as Mr. Cricket |
a fife player who becomes disfigured when his playing drives a human to attack him but later becomes a trickster like Brer Rabbit |
Why Mr. Cricket Has Elbows on His Legs/ / Little Mister Cricket & the Other Creatures/ The Story of Brer Fox & Little Mr. Cricket
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Wiley Wolf |
one of Br'er Wolf's heirs, boiled to death when his protector gets him mixed up with Riley Rab |
How Wiley Wolf Rode in the Bag
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Mrs. Tiger |
Br'er Tiger's wife |
Why the Bear is a Wrestler[63]
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Smat |
reckless young man, who gets his head straight when his father and brother are kidnapped by King Stuff |
The Shoemaker Who Made but One Shoe[64]/
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King Stuff |
king of a country in the deep forest who imprisons anyone who (unknowingly) speaks his name during an accusation |
The Shoemaker Who Made but One Shoe[65]/
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Mum, the Man in the Moon |
small, bearded man responsible for the phases of the moon, who helps young Smat win against King Stuff |
The Shoemaker Who Made but One Shoe[66]/
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The Woog |
monster with green glasses in the Looking-glass country, he wants to exterminate all the fairies |
The Woog and the Weeze[67]/
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The Weeze |
tall man who chases the Woog till he defeats him in the Looking-glass country |
The Woog and the Weeze[68]/
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Head Monkey |
leader of the monkeys, goes to the Wise Man to put an end to the age-old dispute between Monkeys and Dogs |
A Mountain of Gold[69]
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Oldest of All the Rabbits |
Br'er Rabbit's ancestor living near the Moon, acts as a messenger between the Moon and Mr. Man |
The Rabbit and the Moon[70]
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Poor farmer's sons |
little boy and little girl who visit Brother Drouth and Uncle Rain to get them out of the misery they have brought them into |
Uncle Rain and Brother Drouth[71]/ The Snow-White Goat and the Coal-Black Sheep[72]/ The Butting Cow and the Hitting Stick[73]
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Brother Drouth |
drouth personified who gives a little girl a magical snow-white goat distributor of wealth, and a magical walking-stick |
Uncle Rain and Brother Drouth[74]/ The Butting Cow and the Hitting Stick[75]
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Uncle Rain |
rain personified who gives a little boy a magical coal-black sheep with long horns distributor of wealth, and a magical cow which gives golden butter |
Uncle Rain and Brother Drouth[76]/ The Butting Cow and the Hitting Stick[77]
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Craney-Crow |
is killed trying to follow the fashions when a hurricane blows him to a new home |
How Old Craney-Crow Lost His Head
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Miss Buzzard |
a filthy housekeeper who attempts to starve Br'er Rabbit to death in order to feed him to her children |
Why the Turkey Buzzard Is Bald-Headed/ The Most Beautiful Bird in the World
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Jacky-My-Lantern |
a blacksmith who fooled the Devil but was denied heaven so now lingers as a ghost after death |
Jacky-My-Lantern
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the Pig siblings: Big, Little, Speckle, & Runt |
are outwitted and eaten by Br'er Wolf, except the smallest and cleverest, Runt |
The Story of the Pigs
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Minnyminny Morack & Follerlinsko |
two magical dogs who save their owner |
The Little Boy & His Dogs/ The Man & the Wild Cattle
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the Moon |
a gender-changing character which stars in stories explaining its appearance or cycles |
The Rabbit and the Moon[78]/ Why the Moon's Face Is Smutty/ The Sun Takes a Holiday[79] (as a young boy)/ Br'er Rabbit Has Trouble with the Moon
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de Sun |
he comes down from his place in the sky to meet humans and leaves the Moon in its place |
The Sun Takes a Holiday[80] (as a young boy)/ Br'er Rabbit Has Trouble with the Moon
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Tinktum Tidy |
a brave but foolish man who lies his way through various animal possessions in his quest to find soldiers for his king |
How the King Recruited His Army
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Miss Sally |
wife of the plantation's owner, frequently mentioned by Uncle Remus but rarely appearing as a character herself |
How the Birds Talk/ The Reason Why
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Mars John |
owner of the plantation, frequently mentioned by Uncle Remus but rarely appearing as a character himself |
How the Birds Talk
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Jack Sparrer |
killed for being a tattletale |
The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow/ The Story of the Owl[81]
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de Ole Boy, also referred to as De Bad Man or Impty-Umpty |
the Devil, who attempts to reap souls to Hell |
Jacky-My-Lantern/ Impty-Umpty & the Blacksmith
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Tobe |
Miss Fox's son |
The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox/ Brother Fox Covets the Quills
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Miss Goose |
saved from Brer Fox by Brer Rabbit |
Mr. Fox & Miss Goose
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Janey the Little Gal |
tricked into freeing Brer Rabbit from Mister Man |
Brother Rabbit & the Little Girl/ In Some Lady's Garden
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Miss B'ar |
Brer B'ar's wife |
Brother Rabbit's Astonishing Prank/ How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors/ Brother Bear and the Honey Orchard/ Brother Bear's Big House/ How Brother Bear's Hair was Combed[82]/
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Benjermun Ram |
a celebrated fiddler |
Mr. Benjamin Ram & His Wonderful Fiddle/ Mr. Benjamin Ram Defends Himself
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Gran'sir' Gray Fox |
Brer Fox's ancestral patriarch |
Brother Rabbit's Riddle
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Miss Rabbit |
Brer Rabbit's wife |
Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit/ The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf/ How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors/ Brother Rabbit and His Famous Foot/ Brother Rabbit Submits to a Test/ Brother Wolf Gets in a Warm Place/ Brer Rabbit Conquers Brer Lion/ Brer Rabbit and the Goobers[83]
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Brer Rabbit's chilluns |
Brer Rabbit's little children, also called Little Rabs in the early tales |
Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit/ The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf/ A Story About the Little Rabbits/ How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors/ The Fire-Test/ Why Brother Wolf Did n't Eat the Little Rabbits/ Brer Rabbit and the Goobers[84]
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Little Mr. Thimblefinger |
man the size of a gnome who accompanies Buster John, Sweetest Susan and their nurse Drusilla to the magical world under the spring, where they will find the characters from Brother Rabbit stories, already aged |
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country novel (in the frame-story)/ Mr. Rabbit at Home novel (in the frame-story)
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Buster John |
little boy living in a Middle Georgia plantation, with his sister Sweetest Susan and their nurse Drusilla they all go to the magical world under the spring, where they will find the characters from Brer Rabbit stories, already aged; his surname is Abercrombie |
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country novel (in the frame-story)/ Mr. Rabbit at Home novel (in the frame-story) / The Story of Aaron (So Named) the Son of Ben Ali novel/ Plantation Pageants novel (in the frame-story)/ Wally Wanderoon and His Story-Telling Machine novel (in the frame-story)
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Sweetest Susan |
little girl living in a Middle Georgia plantation, with his brother Sweetest Susan and their nurse Drusilla they all go to the magical world under the spring, where they will find the characters from Brer Rabbit stories, already aged; her surname is Abercrombie |
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country novel (in the frame-story)/ Mr. Rabbit at Home novel (in the frame-story)/ The Story of Aaron (So Named) the Son of Ben Ali novel/ Plantation Pageants novel (in the frame-story)/ Wally Wanderoon and His Story-Telling Machine novel (in the frame-story)
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Drusilla |
black girl, skeptical and fearful, nurse to Buster John and Sweetest Susan, they all go to the magical world under the spring, where they will find the characters from Brother Rabbit stories, already aged; her mother is Jemimy |
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country novel (in the frame-story)/ Mr. Rabbit at Home novel (in the frame-story)/ The Story of Aaron (So Named) the Son of Ben Ali novel/ Plantation Pageants novel/ Wally Wanderoon and His Story-Telling Machine novel
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Aaron |
relatively young Arab slave, reserved and feared and with no Geechee dialect, who magically understands all the languages and knows the one of the animals, too; he also hears the voices of the dead; an aged Br'er Rabbit - at the end of Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country and of Mr. Rabbit at Home - is the one who directs the kids towards him |
The Story of Aaron (So Named) the Son of Ben Ali novel/ Aaron in the Wildwoods novel (in the frame-story)/ Plantation Pageants novel (in the frame-story)
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Aunt Minervy Ann |
Minervy Ann Perdue, black woman who returns to Abercrombie plantation when slavery has been abolished, and tells various tales to Buster John and Sweetest Susan |
Plantation Pageants novel (in the frame-story)
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Chickamy Crany Crow and Tickle-My-Toes |
middle-aged woman and man acting like children and living in the Queer Country |
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country novel (in the frame-story)/ The Witch of the Well[85] (only Chickamy Crany Crow in a story of her youth)/ Mr. Rabbit at Home novel (in the frame-story)
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Little Mr. Thimblefinger's mother |
woman who accepts the gift of a magical pumpkin tree with which to feed her large family, but a newborn appears in her house who is a sorcerer in disguise |
The Pumpkin-Eater[86]
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Tip-Top |
boy with a fake magic saddle with which he captures several thieves |
The Talking-Saddle[87]/ The Talking-Saddle and the Thief[88]
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Eolen |
girl guided by a magical old man to visit Thunder's house and the Well at the End of the World, once she grows up will use a vial containing water from that Well profitably |
Where the Thunder Lives[89]/ The Jumping-Off Place[90]/ The Magic Ring[91]/ The Cow with the Golden Horns[92]
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Granny Rabbit |
Brer Rabbit's grandmother, who lives in a tree to escape Brer Wolf |
Cutta Cord-La!/ The Diamond Mine (as Mammy-Bammy-Big-Money)[93]
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Mrs. Blue Hen |
bad-tempered hen |
The Blue Hen's Chicken[94]
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Mrs. Blue Hen's chicken |
duckling that hatches from a foreign egg in Mrs. Blue Hen's nest |
The Blue Hen's Chicken[95]
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Mrs. Puddle Duck |
duck soiling Mrs. Blue Hen's eggs and adding her own one to her nest |
The Blue Hen's Chicken[96]
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Old Speckled Hen |
she points out Mrs. Blue Hen's tenth child as a monster, but he's actually a duckling |
The Blue Hen's Chicken[97]
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Telambus |
young man who becomes king after eating the head of a rooster, despite his stepfather's hostility |
How a King Was Found[98]
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Brother Lion's mother |
mother to Mr. Lion, severe against her quarrelsome son |
The Ladder of Lions[99] (sequel to Mr. Lion Hunts for Mr. Man)
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Brer Gibley Gobbler |
works with Brer Rabbit to save him from the Wildcat |
Brother Rabbit & Mr. Wildcat
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Granny Wolf |
grandmother of Brer Wolf, boiled alive by Brer Rabbit and fed by him to Brer Wolf |
Old Grinny Granny Wolf
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Wattle Weasel |
steals butter from the other creatures until captured by Brer Rabbit |
How Wattle Weasel Was Caught
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Wally Wanderoon |
little old man hundreds of years old, owner of a "story-telling machine" (actually a fat man living in a cupboard) that tells old-fashion tales, he doesn't tolerate his narrator's scientific approach to fairy tales |
Wally Wanderoon and His Story-Telling Machine novel (in the frame-story)/ The Red Flannel Night-cap[100] (as a young boy)
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Story-Telling Machine |
actually a fat man living in a cupboard, he's an old-fashion story-teller who, however, is always inclined to indulge in modern methods of explaining everything about a fairy tale and its origins |
Wally Wanderoon and His Story-Telling Machine novel (in the frame-story)
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Brer Mink |
loses his fish to Brer Tarrypin when he is outwitted |
Old Brother Terrapin Gets Some Fish/ How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors/ Mr. Rabbit as a Rain-Maker[101]
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Miss Mink |
Mr. Mink's wife |
How Brer Rabbit Frightened his Neighbors
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Witch-Wolf |
attempts to get a man to marry her by transforming herself into a woman |
Uncle Remus' Wonder Story
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Jedge Rabbit |
an old rabbit who helps a man escape a witch |
Uncle Remus' Wonder Story
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Mr. Bee |
a bee stinging Brer Rabbit because he inadvertently mashed it |
Brother Rabbit and the Bee[102]
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Simon |
a young man who steals a woman away from her witch protector |
The Adventures of Simon and Susanna
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Three Wits |
son of a hunter, frees his father from the curse of the Wild Hunt that the witch Peggy Pig-Eye (aka Paggia Paggiola) has forced him to endure |
The Bewitched Huntsman[103]/ The Three Ivory Bobbins[104]
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Valentine and Geraldine |
a boy and a girl, who later grow up, who defeat the wizard Rimrak and then, in order to get married, must make sure that he becomes rich |
"Keen-Point", "Cob-Handle" and "Butch"[105]/ Mrs. Meadows Resumes Her Story[106]/ A Story of the River[107]
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Jack of the Lantern |
boy named Jack or John, he foils the plan of a witch-cow who transforms into a woman to marry her newly widowed father |
The Little Boy of the Lantern[108]
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Sparkle Spry |
child adopted by the baker with his wife, with the help of men the size of gnomes will in one night make all the bread needed by a regiment at war, then he accompanies them to defeat the enemy country inside a big wooden horse |
The King of the Clingers[109]/ The Terrible Horse[110]
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King of the Clinkers |
old man, the size of a gnome, who commands a legion of men as big as himself, he helps Sparkle Spry make 2000 loaves for the army in one night and then commands a big wooden horse to end the war quickly and without bloodshed |
The King of the Clingers[111]/ The Terrible Horse[112]
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False conjurer at king's court |
married man who, to ensure a future for his family, steals a horse from a prince and presents himself at court as a magician capable of finding the hidden horse, then finds himself forced to practice two more divinations and gets away with it even those times |
A Lucky Conjurer[113]
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Rich and poor young man |
unnamed young man who reaches the Island of the Mountain of Gold but can't enjoy it |
A Mountain of Gold[114]
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Diddypawn |
always-complaining, long-necked monster living in the mud who would like to be a fish or a bird |
The Fate of the Diddypawn[115]
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Brother Turkey Buzzard |
he suggests the Diddypawn to fly to the island of dead trees |
The Fate of the Diddypawn[116]
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Susanna |
a woman who escapes her witch protector to marry the man she loves |
The Adventures of Simon and Susanna
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Miss Pa'tridge |
saves her eggs from Brer Rabbit by convincing him they're snake eggs |
Mrs. Partridge Has a Fit
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Simmy-Sam |
saves his mother from marrying a bull transformed into a human |
Why Brother Bull Growls & Grumbles
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Riley Rab |
one of Brer Rabbit's heirs, saved from being eaten by his protector |
How Wiley Wolf Rode in the Bag
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Judge Wolf |
judges Brer Rabbit for stealing Brer Fox's parched goobers |
Brer Rabbit and the Goobers[117]
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Brer Deer |
a besotted deer helped by Brer Rabbit and Spring Lizzard to achieve his prize |
Brother Deer & King Sun's Daughter
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Spring Lizzard |
helps Brer Deer to achieve his prize |
Brother Deer & King Sun's Daughter
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King Sun |
exchanges his heiress for a bag of gold |
Brother Deer & King Sun's Daughter
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Nancy |
an heiress of Mister Man who is driven off after Brer Rabbit's trickery |
Brother Rabbit & Miss Nancy
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the Doodang |
a strange creature resembling a mix of an alligator, rhinoceros, & elephant |
The Story of the Doodang
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King-Bird |
ruler of the birds |
The Story of the Doodang
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Teenchy-Tiny Duck |
a duck who recovers a bag of money with the help of several magical friends |
The Story of Teenchy-Tiny Duck
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Miss Coo-Coo Bird |
a retiring bird who is convinced to join a beauty contest |
The Most Beautiful Bird in the World
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Mr. Crow |
start a singing competition with Brer Buzzard and uses his family relations to win a bet against him |
The Story of the Owl[118]/ A Singing-Match[119]/ Mr. Crow & Brother Buzzard
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Mr. Goat |
saved from Brer Wolf by a magical dog |
Mr. Goat's Short Tail
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Aunt Nancy |
Brer Rabbit's great grandmother, a half-spider sorceress based on Anansi |
Brother Rabbit Doesn't Go to See Aunt Nancy
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Mr. Beaver |
boss of all the animals because he is smart, he has an overcoat admired by everyone and envied by Brer Rabbit |
[Brer Rabbit an' de Overcoat][120]
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Bélédie |
daughter of Brother Goat |
A French Tar-Baby[121]
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Joe Maxwell |
literary alter-ego of Joel Chandler Harris, is a shy and sensitive boy from Hillsborough who goes to live at the Turner plantation at the beginning of the Civil War, his initiation starts from J. A. Turner's The Countryman journal at Eatonton |
On the Plantation novel (in the frame-story)
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Harbert |
literary alter-ego of the real Harbert, is a Negro man-of-all-work at J. A. Turner's plantation near Eatonton and knows Uncle Remus from whom he learned some tales that he will tell to Joe Maxwell |
On the Plantation novel (in the frame-story)
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Johnny Chambliss |
recently orphaned boy who comes across a magical acorn inhabited by the tiny Ningapie, who will help him against his witch stepmother |
Mr. Wall's Story[122]
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Ningapie |
tiny magical man who lives in an acorn, helps Johnny Chambliss defeat his witch stepmother |
Mr. Wall's Story[123]
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Mr. Miles Wall |
hat-shopper, illiterate and very superstitious but always ready for an argument on politics and religion, he tells the story of Johnny Chambliss and the tiny Ningapie |
On the Plantation novel (in the frame-story)
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Mr. Jaybird |
at the time when all the birds lived in one settlement, he scolds Mr. Owl for falling asleep while watching the food |
The Story of the Owl[124]
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Miss Chicken Hawk |
at the time when all the birds lived in one settlement |
The Story of the Owl[125]
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Mr. Eagle |
at the time when all the birds lived in one settlement |
The Story of the Owl[126]
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Miss Jenny Wren |
at the time when all the birds lived in one settlement |
The Story of the Owl[127]
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Miss Cat Bird |
at the time when all the birds lived in one settlement |
The Story of the Owl[128]
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Injun Bill |
Negro from North Carolina, his father was a Cherokee Indian, he's friend of Mink and has a bad reputation; he tells How Wuz de Mountains Made and Brer Rabbit an' de Overcoat, earning Mink's remark that the Injun Brer Rabbit is weaker than the Negro one |
On the Plantation novel (in the frame-story)
|
John Pruitt and Jim Wimberly |
ex-soldiers who stop at the cabin where Joe Maxwell, Mink and Injun Bill have already taken refuge, they have deserted because their families do not have a good life at home; Pruitt tells the ingenious way with which - according to him - foxes get rid of fleas, Wimberly tells the story of "Ole Man Know-all" |
On the Plantation novel (in the frame-story)
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Sheep family |
Mother sheep advises her children to be careful while grazing on grass, and they always come to her to ask her if the animal they just saw is a danger or not |
[Untitled story] inside On the Plantation[129]
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De big Injun |
he lives with the other Indians underground, safe from the great big flood, but he wants to return to the world above and asks Mr. and Mrs. Vulture if they can help him find the hole in the ground from which the smoke comes out. |
[How Wuz de Mountains Made][130]
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De Buzzud an' his ole 'oman |
ancient buzzards living with the Indians underground, safe from the great big flood, but they want to return to the world above and create mountains and hills by repeatedly banging their heads against the rock roof |
[How Wuz de Mountains Made][131]
|
Strange Bird in the Swamp |
night bird who, having just arrived in a swamp in Middle Georgia, sees the birds sleeping with their heads covered and believes that they do not have it, Mr. Wildcat convinces him to let his head be detached from him to adapt to local usage |
[Untitled story] inside Aaron in the Wildwoods[132]
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"Ole Man Know-all" |
man who prepares to die because he thinks he already knows everything about the world, but a Negro little boy will teach him that there is still so much to learn |
[Ole Man Know-all][133]
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John the Simpleton |
idle man in an industrious city who makes himself a righter of wrongs against the defenseless, finally he foils the Mayor's robberies against his own citizens |
John the Simpleton[134]
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Lizette |
very poor but very beautiful girl tested and awarded by the Little People, she is chased by a wicked fairy |
The Tale of the Crystal Bell[135]
|
Miss Liza |
shoemaker's daughter in the shop where the King goes to learn the trade |
Miss Liza an' de King[136]
|
Bobby (de) Raw |
name of the King who goes to learn the trade in the shoemaker's shop |
Miss Liza an' de King[137]
|
Larro |
handsome and smart son of a peasant and godson of a good fairy, his name means "The Lucky One" |
The Mouse Princess[138]
|
Larroline |
fairy godmother of Larro the peasant |
The Mouse Princess[139]
|
Princess Geraldine |
beautiful princess transformed into a mouse |
The Mouse Princess[140]
|
Mouse Mother |
magical mouse breeder in a hut, with a youthful appearance |
The Mouse Princess[141]
|
Mack |
boy from a poor and large family, leaves in search of a job to earn a living and he will do the hard work of cleaning up the King's court |
The Boy and the King[142]
|
Adam and Eve |
they eat the forbidden fruit from the Apple-Tree and lose their place in the Garden |
The Appile-Tree[143]
|
The Hard-Headed Woman |
a cantankerous woman, her husband gets rid of her by animating the pot with magic |
The Hard-Headed Woman[144]
|
Tippity-Toe and Flee-ter-my-Knee |
sort of magical and mischievous little poeple born in a well, they are cause of the inconveniences and scares at night |
Two Tales in One—One Tale in Two[145]
|
Books
Uncle Remus books
- Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings with illustrations by Arthur Burdette Frost, 1881
- Nights with Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation with illustrations by Frederick Stuart Church & William Holbrook Beard, 1883
- Daddy Jake the Runaway and Short Stories Told After Dark with illustrations by Edward Windsor Kemble, 1889
- Uncle Remus and His Friends: Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads With Sketches of Negro Character with illustrations by Arthur Burdette Frost, 1892
- Told by Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation with illustrations by Arthur Burdette Frost & J. Condé and line drawings after half-tones by Frank Verbeck, 1905
- Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit with illustrations by J. Condé, 1907
- Uncle Remus and the Little Boy with illustrations by J. Condé, 1910
- Uncle Remus Returns with illustrations by Arthur Burdette Frost & J. Condé, 1918
- Seven Tales of Uncle Remus, 1948
Miscellaneous books
- On the Plantation: A Story of a Georgia Boy's Adventures During the War, 1892. Fictional autobiography of Harris' youthful days, with plantation tales narrated by the people he met.
- Evening Tales: Done into English from the French of Frédéric Ortoli by Joel Chandler Harris, 1893. Translation of a selection of French tales, Brer Rabbit is in the Tar-Baby one.
- Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country: What the Children Saw and Heard There with illustrations by Oliver Herford, 1894. This book and its sequels on the Abercrombie family of plantation owners are often omitted from Brer Rabbit chronologies but contain new stories of the character and his entourage, some of which will later be rewritten in dialect. Harris created two books separated from Uncle Remus storyline because he wasn't "sure they were negro stories; some are Middle Georgia folklore stories, and no doubt belong to England; and some are merely inventions."[146])
- Mr. Rabbit at Home: A Sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country with illustrations by Oliver Herford, 1895. Second book on the Abercrombie family, the last with an older Brer Rabbit in the frame-story.
- The Story of Aaron (So Named) the Son of Ben Ali: Told by His Friends and Acquaintances with illustrations by Oliver Herford, 1896. Third book on the Abercrombie family. No tales narrated within.
- Aaron in the Wildwoods with illustrations by Oliver Herford, 1897. Fourth book on the Abercrombie family. One short story narrated within.
- Plantation Pageants with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith, 1899. Fifth book on the Abercrombie family, it will have a spin-off in "The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann", 1899.
- Wally Wanderoon and His Story-Telling Machine with illustrations by Karl Moseley, 1903. Sixth book on the Abercrombie family.
- The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus with illustrations in color (old and new) by Arthur Burdette Frost and Edward Windsor Kemble, 1904. Rhyming versions of tales already published as well as tales that had not yet been published in prose. Harris thinks the rhyming versions are older[147].
References
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, ch. X ("The Storytellers"), 1892, pp. 141-161, part. 150-156
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Evening Tales, 1893, pp. 1-12
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 40-43.
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 86-100
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 101-109
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 121-130
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 131-138
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 82-90
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 144-153
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 154-163
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Plantation Pageants, 1899, pp. 27-37
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Plantation Pageants, 1899, pp. 228-247, part. 236-246
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 279-294, part. 279-288
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 3-16
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 27-32
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 35-38
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, pp. 75-80
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, ch. X ("The Storytellers"), 1892, pp. 141-161, part. 150-156
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 121-130
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 82-90
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 154-163
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Plantation Pageants, 1899, pp. 27-37
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Plantation Pageants, 1899, pp. 228-247, part. 236-246
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 279-294, part. 279-288
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 3-16
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 35-38
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, ch. X ("The Storytellers"), 1892, pp. 141-161, part. 150-156
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 50-54.
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 121-130
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 82-90
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Plantation Pageants, 1899, pp. 228-247, part. 236-246
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 3-16
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 101-109
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 41-46
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 121-130
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 131-138
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 82-90
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home. A Sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1895, pp. 197-208
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 27-32
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 139-146
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 41-46
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 86-100
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 144-153
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 191-196
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, pp. 75-80
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 86-100
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 144-153
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 154-163
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus and His Friends, 1892, pp. 315-323
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 121-130
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 50-54.
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Aaron in the Wildwoods, ch. II ("The Secrets of the Swamp"), 1897, pp. 38-55, part. 41-43
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 35-38
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 27-32
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 154-163
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Plantation Pageants, 1899, pp. 228-247, part. 236-246
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus and His Friends, 1892, pp. 315-323
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 197-208
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Evening Tales, 1893, pp. 1-12
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Evening Tales, 1893, pp. V-VIII
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 50-54.
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, 1892, pp. 74-79
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 197-208
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 209-239
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 209-239
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 209-239
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 240-251
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 240-251
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 178-190
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 191-196
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 252-265
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 266-281
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 282-293
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 252-265
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 282-293
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 252-265
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 282-293
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home. A Sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1895, pp. 191-196
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 269-278
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 269-278
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, 1892, pp. 74-79
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 131-138
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Plantation Pageants, 1899, pp. 27-37
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Plantation Pageants, 1899, pp. 27-37
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 155-164
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 54-59
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 61-72
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 73-85
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 15-27
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 28-35
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 57-68
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 69-81
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Plantation Pageants, 1899, pp. 228-247, part. 236-246
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 36-45
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 36-45
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 36-45
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 36-45
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 46-56
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 86-100
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and His Story-Telling Machine, 1903, pp. 116-154
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 121-130
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 279-294, part. 279-288
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 165-174
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 175-184
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 185-194
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 195-214
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 215-230
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 91-105
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 119-131
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 132-143
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 119-131
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 132-143
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 106-118
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 164-177
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 294-304
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Rabbit at Home, 1895, pp. 294-304
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Plantation Pageants, 1899, pp. 27-37
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, 1892, pp. 74-79
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 139-146
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, ch. X ("The Storytellers"), 1892, pp. 141-161, part. 150-156
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Evening Tales, 1893, pp. 1-12
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, 1892, ch. V, pp. 57-69
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, 1892, ch. V, pp. 57-69
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, 1892, pp. 74-79
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, 1892, pp. 74-79
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, 1892, pp. 74-79
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, 1892, pp. 74-79
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, 1892, pp. 74-79
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, ch. X ("The Storytellers"), 1892, pp. 141-161, part. 141-143
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, ch. X ("The Storytellers"), 1892, pp. 141-161, part. 144-148
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, ch. X ("The Storytellers"), 1892, pp. 141-161, part. 144-148
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Aaron in the Wildwoods, ch. II ("The Secrets of the Swamp"), 1897, pp. 38-55, part. 41-43
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, On the Plantation, ch. X ("The Storytellers"), 1892, pp. 141-161, part. 156-160
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 33-58
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 59-115
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 155-180
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 155-180
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 181-243
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 181-243
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 181-243
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 181-243
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, Wally Wanderoon and his Story-telling Machine, 1903, pp. 244-268
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, pp. 19-23
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, pp. 57-63
- ^ Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, pp. 67-72
- ^ "A little note to a little book", preface to Joel Chandler Harris, Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his Queer Country, 1894, p. V.
- ^ "Author's Note" in: Joel Chandler Harris, The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, 1904, unnumbered page
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